Tentative Program Timeline
Date | Program Activity and Events |
Feb 28 | Applications due from prospective students |
March 19 | Acceptance letters emailed |
March 31 | Commitment letters from prospective students due; Waiting list students notified |
*NOTE: The schedule below is just to be used for reference. This is based on a non-pandemic impacted REU experience. The 2021 REU experience will be developed individually for each participant. |
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Week 1; May 24-28 |
Orientation week, site visits, group bonding experience
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Weeks 2-8; May 31- July 16 |
Data collection and weekly workshops to build research skills >Students work in research labs or in the field with faculty and graduate student
mentors
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Week 9; July 19-23 |
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Week 10; July 26-30 |
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Following Academic Year | Monthly, virtual mentoring sessions for REU students led by a faculty and graduate student mentor, focused on preparing REU students’ papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals |
2020-2022 | Annual tracking of REU students, publications, output, careers |